Power Plants Near 62909 — Boles, IL

27 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62909 (Boles, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.4472, -88.8768 · County: Johnson

Coal 46%Natural Gas 37%Hydroelectric 11%Solar 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.6 mi	Marion Marion, IL	Coal	249 MW	Southern Illinois Power Coop
13.3 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
19.4 mi	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Ll Marion, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Llc
21.2 mi	Shawnee West Paducah, KY	Coal	1,575 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
23.7 mi	Sv Csg Corbell Carteville, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg Corbell, Llc
23.9 mi	John A Logan College Solar Carterville, IL	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
24.8 mi	Gage Solar Paducah, KY	Solar	—	Ggso, Llc
25.7 mi	Hurricane Creek Csg Carterville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Spg Il Hurricane Creek Solar Llc
25.8 mi	Sv Csg Bishop 1 Llc Herrin, IL	Solar	—	Sunvest Solar Llc
26.0 mi	Siuc Carbondale, IL	Coal	5 MW	Southern Illinois University Carbondale
27.4 mi	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc
28.4 mi	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc
31.4 mi	Kern A Community Solar, Llc Csg West Frankfort, IL	Solar	2 MW	Kern A Community Solar, Llc
31.6 mi	Smithland Hydroelectric Plant Smithland, KY	Hydroelectric	76 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
32.0 mi	Pps Power Plant No 1 Paducah, KY	Natural Gas	120 MW	Paducah Power System
36.5 mi	Eldorado Solar I Eldorado, IL	Solar	150 MW	Sol Systems
36.7 mi	Cape Girardeau Renewable Energy Center Cape Girardeau, MO	Solar	1 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
37.7 mi	Grand Tower Energy Center Llc Grand Tower, IL	Natural Gas	641 MW	Mainline Generation Llc
39.2 mi	Marshall Energy Facility Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	688 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
39.8 mi	Calvert City Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	27 MW	Dte Calvert City Llc
40.0 mi	Viaduct Cape Girardeau, MO	Natural Gas	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
40.6 mi	Mayfield Solar And Storage Mayfield, KY	Solar	—	Brightnight Power
43.2 mi	Jackson (Mo) Jackson, MO	Oil	26 MW	City Of Jackson - (Mo)
44.9 mi	Kentucky Dam Grand Rivers, KY	Hydroelectric	219 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
45.5 mi	Kimmel Road Solar, Llc Du Quoin, IL	Solar	50 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
46.5 mi	Barkley Kuttawa, KY	Hydroelectric	130 MW	Usce-Nashville District
48.3 mi	Mcleansboro Mcleansboro, IL	Oil	9 MW	City Of Mcleansboro - (Il)

Power generation near this area

There are 27 power plants within 50 miles of Boles, Illinois (ZIP 62909), with a combined 3,977 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 14 of the 27 nearby plants. The closest plant is Marion at 12.6 miles.

Nameplate capacity is the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions — actual generation depends on fuel availability, demand, and maintenance schedules. Capacity factor (shown on individual plant pages) measures how much of that theoretical maximum a plant actually delivers over a year. Nuclear plants typically run above 90%; solar and wind range from 20–45% depending on location and weather.

All data comes from federal EIA and EPA releases. For a printable version of this proximity search, use the report link below. To explore all plants in Illinois, visit the Illinois state page.

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